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Future of Paramount+ among merger talks

This needs to end:



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https://www.paramount.com/inclusion-impact/inclusion/our-content
If you read the article, you will understand that the title is irrelevant and that it is a topic initiated to increase diversity in the company, which went into effect in October 2020.
 
I wonder which other company would do this? Having witnessed how the right-wing government has taken over local media in Türkiye, I hope the same thing doesn't happen to the American media. Because what Erdoğan did 20 years ago, Trump is doing in America right now. I hope this decision from skaydance doesn't affect their casting choices for their films and TV series.
That's exactly what Char Kais is hoping for.
 
I didn't know this until I read a story on Colbert, is that Larry and David Ellison, the owners behind Skydance, contribute heavily to right wing and MAGA causes and David is courting right wing influencers to join CBS News and shift the news department towards a FOX model.
More and more, I'm thinking this merger shouldn't have been allowed to happen.
Colbert is a red herring. If it was just the political thing, they would replace him instead of killing the whole show. His show cost about $100M a year to produce but supposedly losing $40M a year (and Colber's salary is half that), but he's only getting about 2 million viewers a night (Kimmel and Fallon much less). For reference, Carson was getting about 9 million viewers a night and Leno about 4 million a night. It's just a dying format. People don't really watch broadcast TV anymore and the advertising demographic is even worse (Colbert's average viewer age is around 69).

Star Trek is already in the streaming space so mostly apples to meatloaf comparison. Having any expensive production on the books would discourage potential buying/merger deals as the new partner has to take on that financial liability. Most likely scenario is to end production and restart after a hiatus, how long depends on the legal shenanigans.
 
don't know what's going to happen, but I think a lot factors make Newsome's comedy seem very unlikely with each passing day.

What Star Trek will look like after the merger is anyone's guess.

They can't even agree on a premise. :shifty:

Colbert is a red herring. If it was just the political thing, they would replace him instead of killing the whole show. His show cost about $100M a year to produce but supposedly losing $40M a year (and Colber's salary is half that), but he's only getting about 2 million viewers a night (Kimmel and Fallon much less). For reference, Carson was getting about 9 million viewers a night and Leno about 4 million a night. It's just a dying format. People don't really watch broadcast TV anymore and the advertising demographic is even worse (Colbert's average viewer age is around 69).

Most young people are watching Colbert on YouTube and TikTok.

They're not tuning into CBS at 11:30 at night.

Star Trek is already in the streaming space so mostly apples to meatloaf comparison. Having any expensive production on the books would discourage potential buying/merger deals as the new partner has to take on that financial liability. Most likely scenario is to end production and restart after a hiatus, how long depends on the legal shenanigans.

Star Trek accounts for 40% of P+'s subscribers.
 
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I wouldn't read too much into the SNW cancellation. Five-and-done appears to be Paramount's company policy regardless of a show's ratings.

Then why is season 5 six episodes instead of ten or more like all the other seasons of Trek shows?

I don't know what's going to happen, but I think a lot factors make Newsome's comedy seem very unlikely with each passing day.

Is that still a thing?
 
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The fact that all the cancellations are months or years from happening can't be a coincidence. They have to be keeping their options open.
 
Yeah, it's worth bearing in mind that SNW almost ended at four, not five. There are always going to be myriad factors at play on a case-by-case basis that we are not privy to, but broadly speaking, I do believe it's telling that Paramount acquiesced to the request for six more episodes.

No matter how the producers put it about "honoring a promise" and all that, that was a multimillion-dollar business decision. If Strange New Worlds' relative commercial strength wasn't where it needed to be, that answer would have shifted. Especially since we're at a point now where - whenever the fifth-season greenlight was actually given - Paramount is in a bad place at the moment. Three years ago, four years ago, we might have seen a ten-episode final season. Conversely, it would not have surprised me had SNW concluded with four. It's just a wild time over there right now. But the show's got staying power. Somebody over there is modestly satisfied with the beans they've been counting.
 
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